This study addresses gaps in knowledge of protective factors that support adaptive functioning among maltreated adolescents. The sample included 1003 high-risk youths participating in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (53% female, 5...
Modern explosion protection equipment, protected by traditional explosion protection technology (as defined by the international electrotechnical commission (IEC) publication IEC60079-ff series standards) and electrical/electronic/programmable electr...
Service Function Chaining (SFC) is an emerging paradigm aiming to provide flexible service deployment, lifecycle management, and scaling in a micro-service architecture. SFC is defined as a logically connected list of ordered Service Functions (SFs)...
The local acidification of secondary anode mortar was regarded as the primary reason for the degradation of the anode system, leading to a decreased service life and uneven distribution of the protection current within the impressed current cathodic...
Functional analogues of salicylic acid are able to activate plant defense responses and provide attractive alternatives to conventional biocidal agrochemicals. However, there are many problems that growers must consider during their use in crop prote...
The herb layer of temperate forests contributes to long-term forest ecosystem functioning and provisioning of ecosystem services. Therefore, a thorough understanding of its dynamics in the face of environmental changes is essential. This paper focuse...
Digital images are used in various technological, financial, economic, and social processes. Huge datasets of high-resolution images require protected storage and low resource-intensive processing, especially when applying edge computing (EC) for des...
This paper contributes to the research into the sustainable development of tourism. It analyses large-scale protected areas (one national park, four landscape parks, two protected landscape areas) located in the Roztocze region, at the SE border of P...
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Previous simulations associated with the heat and moisture transfer behaviors of clothing are mainly expressed with mathematical models, relevant computational algorithms and numerical solution methods and thus accessible to only a few professionals...
Organosilane interlayers are widely used to improve the adhesion and corrosion resistance of multilayer protective coating systems. In this work, a nitrile-functional organosilane, 3-[(3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl)amino]propanenitrile (AN), was investiga...
Previous studies have shown that parental protectiveness is associated with increased pain and disability in Functional Abdominal Pain Disorder (FAPD) but the role that perceived child self-efficacy may play remains unclear. One reason why parents ma...
The complexity of power system networks is increasing continuously due to the addition of high capacity transmission lines. Faults on these lines may deteriorate the power flow pattern in the network. This can be avoided by the use of effective prote...
Owing to its inherent electrical conductivity, reversible redox activity, and structural versatility, polypyrrole (PPy) has become an important material for advanced functional coatings. This review summarizes recent advances in PPy-based coatings, s...
To address underground shotcrete support scenarios with potential radiation-protection requirements, a bismuth oxide/clay functional filler was incorporated into a baseline shotcrete formulation. Functional filler dosage, calcium formate dosage, and...
The present study evaluated the effects of dietary rumen-protected taurine (RPT) supplementation on ruminal fermentation, hematological parameters, liver function, stress-related hormones, and immune responses in yaks. Eighteen yaks were randomly all...
The skin protects the body from damaging external stressors. The function of its outermost compartment, the epidermis, depends on high rates of protein synthesis and the production of protective molecules, both requiring amino acids as precursors. Co...
Blood–testis barrier (BTB) genes are crucial for the cellular mechanisms of spermatogenesis as they protect against detrimental cytotoxic agents, chemicals, and pathogens, thereby maintaining a sterile environment necessary for sperm developmen...
Protective cultures are an increasingly industrially relevant biopreservation tool for meat and meat products, responding to simultaneous demands for microbiological safety, extended shelf life, and reduced reliance on synthetic preservatives within...
The aim of this study was to investigate the protective function and mechanism of TCP3 (PKK), TCP6 (YEGGD) and TCP9 (GPGLM) from skipjack tuna cardiac arterial bulbs on skin photoaging using UVB-irradiated HaCaT cell model. The present results indica...
Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a procedure that can attenuate ischemic-reperfusion injury by conducting brief cycles of ischemia and reperfusion in the arm or leg. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) circulating in the bloodstream can release their c...
Protecting tissues from excessive inflammation by glucocorticoids results in an effective blockade of inflammation; however, it does not instigate processes of inflammatory resolution or tissue repair. Moreover, glucocorticoids have side effects such...
During the life of aerobic organisms, the oxygen resulting from numerous reactions is converted into reactive oxygen species (ROS). Many ROS are dangerous due to their high reactivity; they are strong oxidants, and react with various cell components,...
Trehalose is a naturally occurring, non-reducing saccharide widely distributed in nature. Over the years, research on trehalose has revealed that this initially thought simple storage molecule is a multifunctional and multitasking compound protecting...
The vascular endothelium serves as a barrier between the intravascular and extravascular compartments. High-density lipoproteins (HDL) have two kinds of interactions with this barrier. First, bloodborne HDL must pass the endothelium to access extrava...
Two endogenous peptides, β-alanyl-L-histidine, named carnosine (Car), and glycyl-L-histidyl-L-lysine (GHK), derived from the matricellular protein Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC), share many beneficial functions. The hydroly...
The gastric secretory trefoil factor family (TFF) peptides xP1 and xP4 are the Xenopus laevis orthologs of mammalian TFF1 and TFF2, respectively. The aim of this study was to analyze the molecular forms of xP1 and xP4 in the X. laevis gastric mucosa...
Calprotectin (CLP) belonging to the S-100 protein family is a heterodimeric complex (S100A8/S100A9) formed by two binding proteins. Upon cell activation, CLP stored in neutrophils is released extracellularly in response to inflammatory stimuli and ac...
The highly attenuated Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) lacks most of the known vaccinia virus (VACV) virulence and immune evasion genes. Today MVA can serve as a safety-tested next-generation smallpox vaccine. Yet, we still need to learn about re...
In electrical power systems, shunt reactors control excess reactive power, keeping voltage levels within acceptable limits. As shunt reactors play a crucial role in the operation of electrical systems, it is essential to ensure the use of modern and...
During sepsis, the imbalance between oxidative insult and body antioxidant response causes the dysfunction of organs, including the brain and liver. Exposing mice to bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) results in a similar pathophysiological outcome....
The article is divided into two parts. Its first part analyses the functions of environmental education and land sharing performed by national parks in Poland. The second part presents the transformations of both tourist and nature protection functio...
Knowledge about the dynamics of regional diversity patterns is a foundation on which measures aimed to protect diversity dimensions in the light of climate change can be constructed. Here, we describe taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity...
The mechanism of antibody-mediated protection is a major focus of HIV-1 vaccine development and a significant issue in the control of viremia. Virus neutralization, Fc-mediated effector function, or both, are major mechanisms of antibody-mediated pro...
The objective of the present work was to evaluate the effects of different types of particles added to a polymer paste applied onto a textile carrier on the cut resistance of the resulting material. Knitted aramid textile samples were coated in labor...
We develop in this paper a method for constructing a digital watermark to protect one-dimensional and two-dimensional signals. The creation of a digital watermark is based on the one-dimensional and two-dimensional generalized Fourier and Hartley tra...
Tibet has a unique ecosystem and unique species resources and is an important ecological protection area in China and surrounding countries. Ecological protection in Tibet needs to be strengthened and targeted regionally. Therefore, it is necessary t...
Eukaryotic microalgae have been classified into several biological divisions and have evolutionarily acquired diverse morphologies, metabolisms, and life cycles. They are naturally exposed to environmental stresses that cause oxidative damage due to...
Off-site hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) handle large volumes of high-pressure hydrogen, requiring precise and systematic risk-reduction strategies. In this study, a Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) analysis was performed for an off-site HRS, and Lay...
In recent decades, aquatic ecosystems have suffered a series of impacts that have made them some of the most threatened ecosystems on a global scale. So, protection measures are needed to conserve the biodiversity we find in some of the less impacted...
We investigate the economic benefits of fundamental forest ecosystem services (FES) for the population in Germany at national level in monetary terms and estimate the spatial distribution of these benefits at county level. Specifically, we consider t...
Subclinical chronic kidney disease (sCKD) predisposes one to acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Reduced kidney functional reserve (KFR) detects sCKD in preclinical studies and predicts AKI after cardiac surgery. We evaluated...
The rapid growth of grid integrated renewable energy (RE) sources resulted in development of the hybrid grids. Variable nature of RE generation resulted in problems related to the power quality (PQ), power system reliability, and adversely affects th...
The integration of a large number of distributed generation (DG) units has altered the grid structure and fault characteristics of distribution networks, posing significant challenges to conventional protection methods. To address this, this paper pr...
The Yangtze River Economic Belt, relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, serves not only as a vital industrial and urban stronghold in China but also bears the significant responsibility of the Yangtze River’s major conservation ef...
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In automotive and industrial settings, occupational physicians are responsible for monitoring workers’ health protection profiles. Workers’ Functional Work Ability (FWA) status is used to create Occupational Health Protection Profiles (OH...
Streptococcus iniae is a major fish pathogen that can also cause human bacteremia, cellulitis and meningitis. Screening for and identification of protective antigens plays an important role in developing therapies against S. iniae infections. In this...
Exposure to endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides, LPS) may lead to a potent inflammatory cytokine response and a severe impairment of metabolism, causing tissue injury. The protective effect provided by cactus seed oil (CSO), from Opuntia ficus-indica, wa...
To resolve the protection issues caused by high penetration of distributed energy resources, this paper proposes an efficient protection scheme for microgrids based on the autocorrelation of three-phase current envelopes. The proposed strategy uses a...
In order to improve the fluidity, pumpability, and strength of separation-layer grouting fire-protecting filling material and reliability with multiple parameters and factors in traditional orthogonal tests, the coupling theory of the response surfac...
In embedded real-time operating systems, memory protection mechanisms are critical for ensuring system security. However, for closed-source platforms like VxWorks, widely used in critical domains such as aerospace and industrial control, existing met...
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